Where does “nondisabled” come from?
I can't write this etymology because the chain provided doesn't support "nondisabled." The chain traces "disable" back through Latin and Proto-Indo-European, but "nondisabled" is a modern English formation using the prefix "non-" added to "disabled"—a prefix not present in the etymological chain given. To write an accurate one-sentence origin, I would need either: 1. A chain that actually traces "nondisabled," or 2. Clarification that you want the etymology of "disabled" instead Could you verify the headword or provide the correct chain?
nondisabled (English): Not disabled
Definitions
- Not disabled
Ancestry of “nondisabled”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disabled | Made incapable of use or action; Having a... |
| 2 | English | disable | To render unable; to take away an ability of, as... |
| 3 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 4 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 5 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 6 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 7 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |